Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones is the rare adventure hero who works as both icon and genre. Spielberg and Lucas built the films as a love letter to old movie serials, then made them better than their inspiration: a whip-cracking archaeologist, globe-trotting set pieces, occult relics, and a tone that swings from pulpy fun to genuine awe. Harrison Ford's bruised, fallible Indy is the glue.

What makes the property unusually cross-media is how far it has spread from the screen. The Young Indiana Jones television series and tie-in novels reimagined the character as a wide-eyed boy moving through real history, while a long line of games, from LucasArts point-and-click classics to a recent first-person outing, let players take up the hat. Few franchises this defined by one star have built such a deep catalog around him.

The Indiana Jones franchise spans 1 series, 7 books, 7 games, 13 films in the CrossBinge catalog.